Garment supporter and adjuster.



G. D. MAGKAY. v GARMENT SUPPORTBB AND ADJUSTER. Arrmommn 1 11.31)nno.1o,1aoa.

933,191 Patented Sept. 7, 1909.

GEORGE i). MAGKAY, or CHAPPAQUA, NEW YORK.

GARMENT SUPPORTER "AND ADJUSTER.

Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed December 1t), 1908.Serial N o.

Patented Sept. 7, 1909. 466,780.

To all whom it may concern-.-

Be it known that I, GEORGE D. MAOKAY, a citizen of the United States,residing at Chappaqua, New York, have invented'certain new and usefulImprovements in Garment Supporters and Adjusters, of which the followingis a clear, full, and exact description.

My invention consists in an improved garment supporter and adjuster andis particularly adapted for adjusting to the size of thewearer andthereby supporting any of the usual waist-supported garments, such asgentlemens drawers, bathing suit or athletic trunks.

Contrary to the usual form of belts suchas is commonly worn to hold uptrousers and such garments in which the ends of the belt are attachedtogether and the garment is thereby hung and supported therefrom, mysupporter and adjuster consists essentially of a belt adapted to passaround the waist of the wearer and have its ends attached to oppositeflaps of the drawer to be supported. The belt can then be adjusted to anicety for either letting out the flaps or bringing them together foroverlapping, and thus provide a perfect fit of drawer around the waist.The waist of the drawer being caused to fit snugly will then supportitself without any further means, besides giving unusual comfort to thewearer. However, if necessary a supporting hook may be attached to therear side of my belt for engaging any convenient rear portion of thegarment. I also prefer to construct a portion of my belt of elasticmaterial for the purpose of providing a tension effect of the wholedrawer around the waist, thus causing it to support itself fully.

My invention will be defined in the claims.

In the drawings which represent the preferred embodiment of myinvention, Figure 1 represents the upper portion of the drawer havingthe belt partially attached thereto and in position. figure show thebelt completely attached; Fig. 2 is a detached view of my supportingbelt; Fig. 3 is a view of the rear hook which may be attached to thebelt.

The main portion of the belt is indicated at 1, which is preferablyconstructed of elastic material and is provided with the usual buckle 5for adjusting the same. An end The dotted lines of said.

portion 12, preferably of non-elastic material and provided with abuttonhole 3, completes the length of the belt. This portion v12 isconnected to the portion 1 by means of abridge device 6, preferablyconstructed of wire in the form of an inverted U, the purpose of whichwill be apparent later. It is obvious that this bridge piece 6 may beformed of a metallic slotted plate, but a wire construction ispreferable on account of its cheapness and also for the reason that itwill spring more or less to adapt itself to different thicknesses ofdrawer. At the other end of the belt is a non-elastic tab 2 connected tothe looped portion of 1 by means of a link 4. As shown in the drawingsthe front edge 9 and rear edge 10 of this tab is inclined obliquelydownwardly from the upper edge 11 or the longitudinal edge of the belt.One or more buttons 7 are fastened to the tab 2 adjacent its front edgeand are thereby also obliquely disposed downwardly from the longitudinaledge of the belt. In wearing the belt one end thereof, for example thetab 2 as shown in Fig. 1, is secured to one flap B of the drawer D bymeans of its buttons 7 and the buttonholes 13 in said flap B.

The belt when passed around the waist of the wearer would usually lieeither inside or outside of the drawer, according to the wearerspreference, and therefore to enable the 7 other end of the belt 12 to beattached to the other flap A of the drawer, some means must be providedto enable the belt to pass from the one side to the other side of thedrawer. In the present embodiment this means consists preferably of theinverted U-shaped bridge device 6 which straddles the upper edge of thegarment, as shown in Fig. 1, and-thereby enables the remainder of thebelt 12 to lie outside of the garment. This end 12 is secured to theflap A by means of the buttonhole 3 and button 14, as indicated indotted lines Fig. 1, thus causing the flap A of the drawer to overlapflap B. It is obvious that by adjusting the belt by means of the buckle5 the upper edge of the drawer may be caused to fit snugly around thewaist of the wearer. The purpose of having the buttons 7 on the tab 2disposed obliquely is nowapparent for the reason that when one lap ofthe drawer is lapped past the other, these buttons attached to the sameprovide for a smooth fit of the garment without any folds. As previouslystated, if necessary the hook 8 may be secured to the rear of the beltby any suitable means and made to engage the strap usually present atthe rear of the drawer to provide an additional support Y struction' astheir terms allow.

- What I claim is:

1. The combination with a waist-supported garment, of agarment-supporter comprising an adjustable belt having an elasticportion and adapted to extend around the waist of the wearer, each endof said belt being provided with an attaching device adapted to securethe same to said garment at opposite and separated points for bringingsaid separated points together, and means provided on said belt wherebya part of said belt may lie beneath a portion of said garment and theremainder of said belt extend outside of said garment for overlappingone of the attached points of the same over the other.

' 2. The combination with a waist-supported garment having aslit-ted'portion to form opposite flaps, of a garment-supportercomprising an adjustable belt having an elastic portion, and adapted toextend around the waist of the wearer, each end of said belt providedwith attaching devices adapted to be secured to one of the oppositeflaps of said garment adjacent its edge for holding said flaps together,the attaching devices at one end of said belt being disposed obliquelydownwardly relative to the longitudinal edges of said belt.

3. A garment-supporter comprising anadjustable belt having an elasticportion, each end of said belt being provided with one or morebuttonhole attaching devices adapted to secure the same to the garmentto be supported, said devices at one end of said belt being disposedobliquely downwardly relative to the longitudinal edges of said belt,and a bridge device arranged intermediate the ends of said belt adaptedto straddle the upper edge of said garment.

' 4. A garment-supporter comprising an adjustable belt having an elasticportion, a buttonhole provided at one end of said belt, a non-elastictab provided at the other end "of said belt and having buttons thereon,said buttons being disposed obliquely downwardly relative to thelongitudinal edges of said belt, said belt having secured theretointermediate its ends a supporting hook device adapted to engage therear portion of the garment to be supported, and an inverted U-shapedbridge device adapted to straddle the upper edge of said garment wherebya part of said belt may lie beneath and a part outside of said garment.

5. The combination with a waist supported garment, of a belt adapted toextend around the waist of the wearer adjacent the waist band of saidgarment, each end of said belt being provided with an attaching deviceadapted to secure the same to said garment at opposite and sepa 'atedportions, means provided on said belt whereby said attaching devices aredisposed one on the inside and one on the outside of the waist band ofsaid garment for overlapping said at taching portions.

6. The combination with a waist supported garment, of an adjustable beltadapted to extend around the waist of the wearer adjacent the waist bandof said garment, each end of said belt being provided with an attachingdevice, adapted to secure the same to said garment at opposite andseparated portions, said belt having a bridge device adapted to straddlethe upper edge of the walst band of said garment whereby said attachingdevices are disposed one on the inside and one on the outside of saidwaist band.

Signed at New York, N. Y., this 8th day of December, 1908.

GEO. D. M ACKA Y.

